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A Dalliance On A Primeval Archipelago: The Islet of Heathen
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781684875047
Publisher: Chicago Review Pr
Published: Oct 26 2021
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The term savage is, I understand, often misapplied, and indeed, when I consider the vices, cruelties, and enormities of all kinds that spring up in the tainted atmosphere of a feverish civilization, I am inclined to think that to the extent that the relative wickedness of the parts is concerned, four or five Marquesans sent to the United States for missionaries could be just as useful as an equal number of Americans shipped to the islands in a similar capacity.
I heard it once given as an example of the appalling depravity of a certain pacific tribe that they had no word in their language to express the idea of virtue. The assertion was unfounded but we're not, one could answer them by stating that their language is almost entirely devoid of terms to express the delicious ideas conveyed by our endless catalog of civilized crimes.
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